Employment Exchange and ought to issue paper publications widely calling for applications, then selection process would be followed by adhering to the rules of reservation. In the matter where the urgency is warranted in execution of specific works, the Board will enter into contract with the contractor in order to execute the said work and accordingly, the Board has entrusted the maintenance work to the contractors in several places. The contractor would employ the contract labourers in order to execute the works as per the needs and the said labourers would be engaged without following any norms for appointment like educational qualification, reservation etc. Further the Board had initiated the work of “combined water schemes” all over Tamil Nadu except Corporations. In Panchayat, the Board would complete the project and hand it over to the local Panchayat for further maintenance. Likewise, the work of water scheme for the “Theni Water Supply Scheme” was handed over to the contractor and the said contractor had employed the labourers who are the respondents 2 to 8 in both the writ petitions. The respondents had approached the Inspector of Labour, seeking conferment of permanent status on completion of 480 days of contract work and the Inspector of Labour had passed an award vide its order dated 29.11.2002, directing the TWAD Board authorities to issue orders conferring the permanent status to the respondents, but without mentioning about backwages and other
